Pedestal for car-seats.



R. B. LIDDBLL.

PEDESTAL FOR GAR SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1900.

1,055,1 95, Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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UNITED STATFgPjglENT OFFICE.

ROBERT B. LIDDELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. Gr.

BRILL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN-SYLVANIA.

PEDESTAL FOR CAR- SEATS.

Application filed July 31, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ronnn'r B. LIDDELL, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainIn'iprovements in Pedestals for Car- Seats, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to make a car seat pedestal or supportof two struck up sheet metal sections secured together; the sectionsbeing flared at the top to provide rests for the seat frame, and onesection has a hole with the flange turned in to form a suitable supportfor the foot rails.

In the accompanying drawingz-Figure 1, is a view in elevation of myimproved car seat pedestal; Fig. 2, is an end View; Fig. 3, is asectional plan view on the line 3-3, Fig. 1; Fig. 4, is a sectional planview on the line M, Fig. 1; Fig. 5, is a sectional view on the line 5-5,Fig. 1; Figs. 6 and 7, are sectional plan views of the two partsdetached, taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 1; and Fig. 8, is a view showing adifferent form of pedestal.

A is the pedestal which rests upon the floor of the car and supports thecar seat; the longitudinal frames resting upon the upper flangedportions a, a and these flanged portions are inclined one toward theother so as to allow for the rocking of the seat proper when shiftedfrom one position to another. The base a is flared and can be secured tothe floor of the car in any suitable manner. In some instances twopedestals are used to support the car seat when the seat is entirelyindependent of the sides of the car, then again a single pedestal isused for the outer end of the seat when. the inner end is supported on abracket secured to the side walls of the car.

The pedestal can either be made with a curved overhanging portion, asillustrated in Fig. 2, so as to give clearance under the seat, or can bemade vertical, as illustrated in Fig. 8, without departing from theessential features of the invention. In fact, the design of the seat maybe altered to agree with the general design of the body of the car seat,as the object of the invention is to make the pedestal in two struck upsections secured together to form a unitary structure.

A, A are the two sections shaped to give the necessary strength andornamentation to the pedestal and the arms I), b are formedSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

Serial No. 510,605.

on each section and the ends of the arms are flared to form the supportsa for the seat,

and flanged at a so as to prevent the longitudinal bars of the seat fromshifting. In addition to this the bars may be secured to the upper endsof the pedestal by bolts, rivets or other fastenings. The body portionis extended at c, c to form supports for the foot rails, which areusually mounted directly under the car seat. The section A in thepresent instance is perforated at c and a flange c is turned in so as toform a suitable bearing for the foot rails, and the foot rails areprevented from moving longitudinally by the solid portion of the sectionA as shown clearly in Fig. The two sections A, A are placed together andtheir abutting flanges welded on the line arc-00, extending through thebody portion A as well as the arms 5, 7/. This welding may be done bythe electric or other process, or may be brazed in some instances, orthe parts may be connected by rivets. Ribs b are formed on the arms I)so as to add strength to the structure and at the same time give it theappearance of lightness.

The above described pedestal can be quickly and economically made andwill be much lighter than the cast pedestal now commonly used, as it canbe made of very thin metal and, owing to its shape, will sustain a veryheavy load, will not readily collapse, and will not break as will theordinary cast pedestal.

I claim 1. A pedestal for car seats made as a unitary structureconsisting of a hollow base; hollow arms extending at an angle upwardfrom the base and shaped to support the seat section, the lower portionof the base being flared; and the walls of the pedestal being of an eventhickness throughout.

2. A pedestal for car seats made as a unitary structure; thewalls of thestructure having a hollow base; hollow arms projecting at an angle fromthe base; and hollow extensions at each edge of the pedestal; the wallsof the said pedestal, including the arms and the extensions, being of aneven thickness throughout; the openings in one of the walls of eachextension for the reception of the foot rails having internal flanges;the other wall being solid to prevent longitudinal movement of the footrails.

3. A pedestal comprising a hollow sheetmetal base closed at its upperend and two arms extending forwardly and rearwarolly from the upperportion of the base, both of said arms being arranged upon one side ofthe general plane of the pedestal and both of them being of tubularsheet-metal integrally connected to the base at one end and closed atthe other end, substantially. as set forth.

4. A pedestal comprising a hollow base closed at its upper end and twoarms extending forwardly and rearwardly from the upper portion of thebase, both of said arms being arranged upon one side of the generalplane of the pedestal and both of them being of tubular form integrallyconnected to the base at one end and closed at the other end, and saidpedestal being formed of two pieces of sheet-metal pressed into form andwelded together, each of which pieces constitutes one-half of saidpedestal and one-half of each of said arms, substantially as set forth.

5. A pedestal comprising a hollow sheetmetal base closed at its upperend and two arms extending laterally and upwardly from the side of theupper end of the base, said arms being'of tubular form, made ofsheetmetal integrally connected at one end to the base, and havinghorizontal surfaces on the upper sides of their free ends for thesupport of the overlying structure, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT B. LIDDELL.

Witnesses M. E. LIDDELL, ELLEN H. CLIVE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

